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This Week in Logistics News (April 22-26, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation. Here’s a video of the drone in action: This news follows last month’s announcement by UPS that it is collaborating with Matternet to deliver medical samples via unmanned drones at WakeMed’s flagship hospital and campus in the Raleigh, N.C. over distances of up to 12.5

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Challenges and possible solutions for local seafood supply chains

Supply Chain View from the Field

Professor Gary Bullen and SCRC Research Scholar Jessica Newsome spoke in my Local Seafood class this afternoon. Jessica Newsome, the SCRC Research Fellow, offered some insights into possible solutions to these challenges. First, Gary pointed out that 91% of the seafood in North Carolina is imported!

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Investing in Manufacturing Innovation & Competitiveness: Will the next Silicon Valley be located in the United States?

GlobalTranz

We stand on the fact that manufacturers must continue to make smart investments more in technology to stay more efficient, such as the use of 3PLs for better transportation management to reduce costs which often make up 4 to 5% of total revenue. In fact, much of U.S. innovation is tucked into concentrated, industry specific pockets.

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Reflections on the LIVING Supply Chain SCRC Meeting

NC State SCRC

The SCRC meeting featured a group of executives, students, and faculty participating at the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative meeting yesterday in Raleigh, held at the new Talley Student Center on the NC State campus. However, all the projects were really, really good this year (as always!).

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This Week in Logistics News (September 15-19, 2014)

Talking Logistics

I’d welcome the opportunity to meet with supply chain executives to discuss your research questions and objectives for the coming year, and with technology companies and 3PLs to get an update on your products and services. Infor Aligns With MercuryGate To Strengthen Transportation Management. If so, let’s connect.

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High-Tech Nation: How Technological Innovation Shapes America’s 435 Congressional Districts

GlobalTranz

iconic places, such as the Route 128 tech corridor around Boston, Massachusetts; Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and, of course, California’s white-hot Silicon Valley. Implications for Policymakers. Internet of Things, smart cities, etc.);